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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-15
RAILROAD NEWS.
Fresh Notes Conr~rning the Lines IN TIL.
Vicinity.

Fresh Notes Concerning the Lines is This
Vicinity.
The hands employed by s. Cssparis in
making double track On the Pan -IIat,dIe
between Steubenyile aud Mingo, struck
on Wednesday, claiming that by their con
tract they were 10 receive 81 10 pr day,
and when they came 10 pay them OF they
cut them down Ia 81 25. Eleven Of them
attached for their wages.
The Cleveland. Lorain aud Wheeling
Railroad Company are pushing the work
on the Martins Ferry extension with all
possible rapidity. There are three pile
drivers at work In less than mile. abd an
iron bridge, 20 cross Wheeling creek, IL IN
course Of construction at the ooiDpany's
shops at Uhrichsville. There H. every
reason t0 believe that trains will h. on tho
extension by April !.
There is lying at the sB. Il q. freight DE-
pot al Parkersburg hundreds Of feet OF tin
roofing for the ne Of the company nj va
rioas places. Vaughan Broth~sx, of that
city, have the contract Tor furnishing the
Is. h O. Company with their roofing and q
large quantity In used every month.
The tie business along the Ohio River
road is always Large, but during the late
good roads has been exceedingly 70. Most
Of the ties are delivered pear the Eagle
Mills and nearly all go 10 pennsylyania4
The prices paid vary from - cents to -
cents, owing EQUALITY and bid, in one
case 4it cents being paid for al eItrs hot
Col. II. Chester Payns, Of Natural
Bridge, Va, MD 10 Charleston Star re-
porter day or two ago:
81 have been on . railroad-buyine err
petition and have purchased, Cor . con-
pany, the Cincinnati and Hastern aad will
begin the Gallipolis extensiOa at once.
When this s completed We will have tho
shortest route from Southern Ohio 10 Gin
cinnati."
The employees Of the Pan.HsDdle road
are makinga vigorous kick over . new
order which went into effect this month.
Each employe must have his watch exam
iBed by the oompany's examiners- For
such examination the employees must Psy
Is centA. Supt Taylor states that the
purpose Of the order Is 70 procure general
system Of Uniform time.
The directors ef tbs w. a z q. X. X
met yesterday moaning, and organised by
electing J. d. Dubois, President, Chaa
Hirsch, Superintendent and Z. J. Ruftef.
Secretary.
For Ce.sAs asd Throat Dissrss" ms
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vote for it, it will have twenty votes as /
have stated.
hope it will be submitted. But we are
no longer begging The people demand it
and in time will have it. / leave for home
to-day. DAVE d. JOHNSON.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-15

The DAILY REGISTER ,cR be seat for
one dollar, payable IN ddraRee, during tie sit-
ting Of the Legislature. Fun proceedings IriR
b. pWbliShsd daily.
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The Logan Pension Bill.

WASHINGTON, JANUARY l4.-There not
being q full attendance of the members OF
the House Committee on Pensions to-day,
the bill granting pensions to Mrs. Logan
and the widow of General Frank Blair
was not acted upon, hut was made special
order for next Tuesdays meeting.
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Scala Of ONCE rrnu.ferrcd.

LONDON, January IA council Of
ministers was held to-day at Osborne, at
which the Queen transferred the seals of
office to the new ministers, who upon
receiving them, in pursuance Of ancient
custom, graciously kissed Her Maiesty's
hands.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-15

DR. GEORGE BAIRD is at Charleston
working with might and main for the pas
sage of a bill to prevent the pollution Of the
Ohio river in this State by the deposit
therein Of dead animals and other dcleteri-
ous matter Good, Doc, 20 it.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-15
Four Men Hanged,

ST. Louis, January l5.-Albert ODell,
Joseph Lamb John T. Echols, and John
Stephens, were hanged at Fort Smith,
Arkansas, at noon to-day, for murders
committed in Indian Territory.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-15

Our Charleston correspondent says an
ugly rumor is atlOat that some State olli-
cials are doing their utmost to keep MEM
bers from going into caucus. This certain
ly can't be true.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-15

THIRTY-FIvE HUNDRED employees in
Lorillarl's tobacco factories in Jersey City
yesterday struck against reduction and
the refusal Of the firm to discharge two
new hands
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-15

REV. JOHN PATTERSON, of Cambridge
Mass, cut his throat yesterday. Suicide
Is a new ministerial break.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-15

A BLACK FRIDAV.-That day when o
person is first seriously attacked with
rheumatism, may well be termed black
one, for he will remember the same as long
as he lives. If he uses Salvation Oil in
time he will, however, soon be able TO
speak of 'Good Friday"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-15

MURDEREE CLUVERIUS was jerked into
the promised land yesterday. AS the
Thermometer has been lowering about zero
lately We hope he appreciates the change.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-15

CHARLESTON is full of lawyers ''On
strictly legal business"
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THE Legislature adjourned till Monday.

EVERY Democrat will caucus, and don't
You forget it.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-15

BISMARCK dissolved the ReichStag yes
terdly after the Reichstag had dissolved
his army bill by $50 to Isl.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-15

FOUE murdererS all in row, ALBERT
O'DELL, JAS. LAME, JOHN ECHoIs and
JoHN STEVENS, left Fort Smith, Ark,
yesterday for the great unknown by the
Hemp Air Line
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-15
MILITIA WITHDRAWN.
How the BIG Strike at Newport News Was
settled.

NEWPORT NEws, Va, January 14-It
has been learned that General Wiekham,
at the conference with the strikers last
night, gave written guarantee that if they
returned to work at the old figures, in
three months he would consider an appli-
cation for ineresed pay for the men who
wese receiving the lowest wages. The
men returned TO work this morning, and
the military left for home on the morning
train. The settlement seems 10 give gen
eral satisfaction.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-15

THE Interstate Commerce hill was
passed by the Senate yesterday by vote
of Is to IL. The motion to recommit was
lost Nv a vote OF 36 to2j.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-15

JOHN BRIdHT thinks the fishery claims
of the United States reasonable and Just
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-15

THERE is said 10 be hitch in the Senate
over the confirmation of the appointment
of Adiutant General NED WOODS.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-15

The MAXEY-REAGAN Senatorial con-
test in Texas is in beautiful shape for bet
ting.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-15

HENRY GEORGE says he has no political
aspirations to be killed by his MCGLYNN
article, and that the Standard is flourish
inw
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-15

THE prohibition amendments were re-
ferred to a cOmmitte yesterday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-15

The native born elephant bids fair to
rival the great imported Jumbo in size
and weight; but it is pretty generally
known that nothing rivals the greaG Eenae-
dy, DR.. Bnll's Cough Syrup.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-15

THE House resolution to investigate the
Penitentiary was tabled in the Senate, and
the Senate resolution for the same purpose
wa passed and sent to the House. The
House. u square the matter, should table
the S-nate's resolution; hut in all Proba-
bnity it will pass ii. and then delegation
of statesmen will come up and monkey
around the Pen awhile.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-15

REPRESENTATIVE BEOwN, of PennSyl-
vania. SAYS that iron can be made as cheap
in that State n in Tennessee and Alabama
In re,ard to the rumOr that the natural gas
supply is Incoming exhausted, MIR BROWN
somewhat irreverently says that God,
Almighty never goes into the retail buSl-
ness, Individual wells may exhaust, but
there is no limit to the supply
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ENTIRELY At A LOSS

as to the authors of these OutrageS, and
have as yet not obtained the slightest clue
to the perpetrators of any of the frequent
ATTEMPTS at the destruction of lile and
property on the Geoary and Sptter street
cable roads.
Three men who were on the Post street
dummy were bruised but none of them seri-
ouslv injured. Two men have been arrest
ed ON suspicion of being concerned in the
outrage Their names cannot he ascer-
tanned. About midnight an unexploded
dynamite cartridge was found near Scott
street, on the Geary streetroad. The cart
ridge had evidently been placed on the track
but had rolled Gf GhiefGFowacy and other
police officials are delibcratlng as 10 what
means to take to detect and bring the cnl-
prits toiustice, and to guard more CAREFUL
iy against any such acts in the future.
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FOR CessAs asa Throat Dsssrdsss ms
Bsowxs BRONCHIAL TEocRrs. Have never
changed ny mind respecting them, eseeps
think beties Of that which bessn thinnng well
of"-Rey He&y Ward BsceA1. Sold only In
boxAL
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-15

Adverse Report on Matthews Nominations.
WASHINGTON, January 14.-The Senate
Committee on the District of Columbia to-
day agreed to report adversely the nOmina-
tiOn of J. C. Matthews (colored), to be
Register of Deeds for the District of Col
umbia.
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MORE DYNAMITE OUTRAGES.
A Number of Passengers and Employees
of the Cable Road Injured.

n
of the Cable Road Injured.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, January a.
The residents OH Post street, between Lar
kin and Polk streets, were startled last
night by the sound OF q tremendous ex-
plosion and by the shattering of glass
about their ears A dynamite cartridge
had been placed on the track of the Lar
kin street branch line of the Sutter street
cable road and had exploded under dummy
No. 24. The dummy was completely
wrecked and the windows of the car and
of houses in the vicinity were demolished.
A Mr.. Hilderbrandt and his wife and
brother were sitting on the dummy on the
side where the explosion took place. They
were all thrown into the street, and Mrs.
Hilderbrandt, it is feared, is seriously in
jured. She was taken into q neighbOring
house and medical assistance summoned.
Later in the evening she was conveyed to
her home. 1t was n miracle that no Others
were injured, rs several persons were on
the dummy. People in the vicinity
rushed to the scene of the disaster and
soon q large crowd cOngregated.
Officer COnbOy, who was on the dummy,
in describing his sensations, said that the
exp'-i.inn. had the effect of mOmentarily
STUNNING
him, and it was fully half M hour before
he recovered his hearing. The excitement
caused by this explosion was Intensified
when it became known that another explo-
sion had taken place on the Sutter street
cable road near Dupont street about an hour
later. The explosive which is believed to
have been giant powder cartridge, was
exploded by the dummy wheels running
over it. Phedummy was disabled and had
to he taken to the car house for repairs. 1t
was replaced by new one, and the road
continued to operate its cars as usual dur
ing the remainer of the night. No one was
injured by the last explosion, rs the charge
in the cartridge evidently was small, The
authorities are
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-15
NEWS AND COMMENT.
THE WEATHER.
FOR ONE DOLLAR.

For West Virginia, slightly colder, westerly
winds, and fair weather.
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EyERY pENOGRAT WILL CAUCUS.

1t is now generally conceded that all
opposition to holding n caucus with every
Democrat in his place, has about petered
out. Judge Snyder, who by the way is as
good a Democrat rs he is a Judge, seems to
voice the prevailing sentiment when he
said the other day in substance, Give me
your poorest man in caucus TO your best
man ont of caucus. The one means the
preservation OF the party organization, and
its continued success; the other disOrgani-
Zation and defeat"
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THE VOTE

was taken on the motion to recOmmit nd
the motion was relected-25 to 36. The
Senate then at 1l:40 passed the bill by Il
vote of 43 to Is, and adjourned till Mon
day,
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HIS TRIAL ASp CONVICTION.

Cluverius was indicted in April for mur-
der, and his trial began at the May term
of the court and continued for twenty eight
days Owing TO the difficulty Of obtaining
eompetent iIrors in Riehmond, 1t was
found necessary to draw talesmen from
Alexandria, and jury was finally i'm
panelled with seven citizens Of Richmond
and five Of Alexandria composing it The
prisoner pleaded not guilty and the trial
proceeded. Nearly two hundred witnesses
were examined and step by step the evil
denee fixed upon the prisoner the brand Of
The herald. (Big Stone City, Dak. [S.D.]) 1883-1890, 1887-01-07
Gigantic Harvester.

The largest harvesting machine ever
made has been used successfully in Cali
fornia during the past harvest. 1t is q
combined harvester and thrasner reap
ing and binding the corn according to
choice. and thrashi1g. dressing. and
delivering it into sacks as it travels over
the field. This machine. which is work
ed bv steam, is the invention of Mr..
Berry, farmer Of Tulare county, Cali
forna, who has been working at its
construction during the last six years.
1t is 38 feet wide, and about the same
in length, and it cuts a swath Of twcaty-
two feet Two engines are used in
working the machine. the larger OF
which, Of 25 orse-pawer, moves the
harvester along and works the header
knife il required, while the smaller one,
OF horsepower. drives the tnrashing
machinery. As the sacks are filled they
are sewn up and dropped in the field.
The straw is passed Oh 10 the furnace,
to be used as fuel, and the chaff is blown
out on to the ground, with any surplus
straw not required for fuel. There is,
Of course. great economy in using the
straw for fuel in country where it is Of
no value. The only horses used are
those il one team hauling water for the
engine and another following the har-
voster to pick up the sacks Of wheat.
The men engaged in the work are the
engineer, fireman, steersman, head
tender, sack sewer, water hauler, and
sack hauler. With these seven men. it
is said, fifty acres can be headed and
thrashed in day, at an outlay. apart
from wear and tear, Of about forty
cents per acre. OF course the gigantic
machine can be used only OF large
level plains
The herald. (Big Stone City, Dak. [S.D.]) 1883-1890, 1887-01-07
Slipped SeawarG.

The rock foundation in South Caro-
lima and neighboring States slopes from
the mountains OF the Appalachian sys-
tem-where it is ct the surtace-to the
uplands, and the slope is continued
under the everything soil and deposits OF
the lowlands to q point one hundred
miles from the coast, where it begins to
fall 1T a sharper angle The formation
along the coast upon which Charleston
rests is largely a deposit caused by the
natural ransfer Of soil and fraementary
rocks from the mountains and highlands
during i very long period. From one
century 10 another this load washed
down from the highlands has botn
growing heavier, and the seaWard slope
Of the rock table underneath has given
il seawacd tendency. In the depths
beyond a point loo miles from shore
there was nothing to restrain this ten
dency. At last q time came when the
tendency became irresistible and the
great mass slipped seaward. Such re-
adjustments OF the surface Of the earth
are continually being made. In some
regions they are FASTENED by volcanic
action. Great masses that might have
remained almost stationary for cen
tury in the absence of any disturbing
influence have received from volcanoes
the impetus required TO move them.
This influence may be interchangeable.
A land-slip may sometimes have caused
u volcanic eruption by suddenly in
creasing tho pressure upon a deposit of
lava. Moreover. it is plain that the
depths of tic earth arc hot. whether
there be molten internal mass or not
and the introduction Of sea water by
grayitation through assures into heated
cavities may cause the development Of
steam which will exert its force in dis
turbng the surface This may be the
cause Of some earthquakes or land
slides " J. Jtaacs.
The herald. (Big Stone City, Dak. [S.D.]) 1883-1890, 1887-01-07
NO. Il
A Powerful BOTTLE.

The following story is told OF the
General Traffic Manager OF a Southern
railroad. Some time ago, as he was re-
tlrning to New York from the South,
the train on which he was riding stop
ped ut Elizabeth. and among the pas
sengers who boarded it was richly
dressed lady, who entered the car in
which he sat, and anxiously glanced
around for sea-. The train was
crowded, and Mr. O. Immediately
arose and gave the lady his--the outer
half of the--seat, and stood in the aisle
near by. When Newark was reached.
the gentleman who occupied the other
half got out and left tho car. The lady
at once arose, as if to give Mr. O.
his portion of the seat, shook out her
skirts, seated herself ayaln with her
back to the aisle, and put her little
hand-satchel on the other half of the
seat BY this time many OF the passen-
gers had become interested in the situa-
ton. When the train reached that por-
ton of the meadows between Newark
and Jersey City on which the phosphate
works are situated, the terrible stencil,
SO familiar to those who haDitually
travel on the Pennsylvania and Morris
and Essex railroads. penetrated the
cars. Quick rs thought the lady seized
her satchel. got out bottle Of smelling
salts, and clapped it to her nose. Mr..
O. saw this, and leaning over, he
said to couple of gentlemen in the
seat Immediately behind her, Gentle
men, what in the name Of heaven has
that woman got IN that bottle9a
The lady instantly turned, and said,
ut is not this bottle, sir. UhicA smells.
Amid the universal iaughtcr he re-
tired to another car, but not until he
had shot back, Madam, as long as
live III ncuer forget the smell from that
bottle. "-Narper's Magazine for October.
The herald. (Big Stone City, Dak. [S.D.]) 1883-1890, 1887-01-07
In driving through the country ;

In driving through the country
short time ago we saw couple of half
clad. dirty boys, driving three or four
poor scrubby cows and runt Of a bull
to "a neighboring slough for water.
They had three dogs, and it required
the united effort of boys and dogs to
get the stock out of the tall, dead
grass Oh which they were ravenously
feeding Their father soon came
aIoaLd the slough with a gun and two
more dogs and when he bagan to yell
at the cows and to ''sic" on the dogs
they got out OF there, on q run with
the dogs at their heels. The farmer
allowed that ,he hadn't much hay or
gram at hon for his stock and that
they We're eating down the the straw
stables that had been provided for
their shelter, rs fast as they could,
and he questioned whether or not he
would get them through The winter
alive; slill he thought he was@going to
do we'll in the stock business if Le ev-
er ''got on his feet" as he expressed it.
Not tax from where we met him, we
saw a good barn Oh the south side of
a grove with a large barn yard enclos-
ed by a tight board fence. There
were stacks OF hay and straw in the
yard, also a watering trough, pump
and Windmill and a fine herd of sleek,
we'll Ted COWS, steers and calves, some
colts and a few sheep. We saw the
owner and he had Il piltchfork on his
shoulder instead of a gun, and we saw
no ao@s. We asked 10 questions but
concluded that that farmer was not
only 'on his feet, but that he had not
been off his feet, while we also con-
cluded that bis neighbor would never
get on his feet, unless he changed his
system. The fact that we have many
scrub farmers accounts - q great de-
gree for the hard times that agricul-
ture has experienced and is experience
ing, but the country, the soil, ana eli
mate are 10 way to blame. The men
who fail to make a living here would
fail anywhere else under the sun
| Monteyideo Leader.
The herald. (Big Stone City, Dak. [S.D.]) 1883-1890, 1887-01-07
Not a Desert.

One of the party who was recently out
to Oregon, examining the country
through which the Oregon Pacific pro-
poses to build on its way east to meet
the Northwestern or some other eastern
line, saws, with reference TO the section
in southeastern Oregon and western
Idaho known as the northern end of the
great American desert, that it is no
desert at all 1t is covered with lux
uriant growth of grass, and comprises
large tracts OF fertile soil. The sdes-
ert" is eighty miles wide, sloping lit
tie from each side toward the center.
In the low portion there is a string Of
shallow lakes. which dry up in tho sum-
mer time. The only thing necdful to
make this tract fit for settlement is wa
ter. which can probably be procured by
boring. At present herds Of cattle feed
out on the desert for eight or ten miles
and stay out till nearly choked and then
they come racing back to whore they
can get water. Then they loaf around
the water for day or SO before they
start out TO Craze again. With this rae
ing and thirstlng they keep themselves
poor. AS soon, however, as the rains
come the cattle fatten on the rich grass
es of the desert. The proposed extern
sion of the Oregon Pacific railroad runs
across the end Of this tract, and it is
more than likely that in few years the
desert will be transformed into fertile
farms and literally made 70 blossom like
8 rose. Chicago Times.
The herald. (Big Stone City, Dak. [S.D.]) 1883-1890, 1887-01-07
DunGer and the Bell.

"Well. what is it now?' queried
Sergt. Benda at the Woodbrid.. street
station yesterday as the old man Dunder
slipped softly in.
''Vhell, like to haf you gaze on me" :"
Certainly. You've got q black eye,
q puffed-up nose, and other proofs OF
being knocked down by fve-story
building"
MY frendt, you vhas wrong. Do you
know vhas dis article vhasa"
81 do. Those are the remains of =
chestnut-bell. +"
'.Shust SO. Sergeant Shake comes to
me der odder day and says: 'Fadder,
you must get some shcstaut-bell and pin
on your west Ea1erybody who vhas
sharp has shestnut-bell, und when
somebody says it vhas a hot day he
rings dot bell und vhalks off. Vhell,
Shake has one, und all der boys haf one.
und SO buys me shestnut-bell." :"
Il begin to see.
II practice while nit der oldt wo-
mans. II she says it vhas hot or cold.
or if she WANTS money or calls me to
get some coal. rings dot bell on her.
By und by goes up to der city hall to
see if my taxes vhas due. meet a
man who says he likes to 60 oafer to
Canada by der ferry, und rings dot
bell on him.
1T was good jbke."
''Vhell. dunno. II somebody calls
you names und knbcks you down, vhas
dot shoke? He broke my head und
my shcstnut-beli, und | doan' get oudt
4. AZ
Yes
Il goes home to ring dot bell on my
son Shake. vhas going 10 feed him
shcstnuts until he doan' shoke me any
more for twenty years, bat he vhas
gone. Somebody told him how came
oudt NIT dot stranger, und he doan'
like to see me. Maybe you see him. If
you do tell him to come home. Tell
him we let shestnuts 60 und begin all
oafer again. '--Detroit Free Press.